Esa-Pekka Salonen is a Finnish composer and conductor of classical music. He was the music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for 17 years, during which time he was responsible for the building of Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall. He is currently the Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of London's Philharmonia Orchestra.
“One Morning Turns Into an Eternity”
Schoenberg: Erwartung
Webern: Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 10
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde, 6. “Der Abschied”
Vienna Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Peter Sellars, director
Ausrine Stundyte (Erwartung)
Fleur Barron (“Der Abschied”)
“One Morning Turns Into an Eternity”
Schoenberg: Erwartung
Webern: Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 10
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde, 6. “Der Abschied”
Vienna Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Peter Sellars, director
Ausrine Stundyte (Erwartung)
Fleur Barron (“Der Abschied”)
“One Morning Turns Into an Eternity”
Schoenberg: Erwartung
Webern: Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 10
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde, 6. “Der Abschied”
Vienna Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Peter Sellars, director
Ausrine Stundyte (Erwartung)
Fleur Barron (“Der Abschied”)
“One Morning Turns Into an Eternity”
Schoenberg: Erwartung
Webern: Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 10
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde, 6. “Der Abschied”
Vienna Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Peter Sellars, director
Ausrine Stundyte (Erwartung)
Fleur Barron (“Der Abschied”)
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Prokofiev: Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64
Orchestre de Paris
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Augustine Hadelich, violin
Strauss: Don Juan
Salonen: Horn Concerto (world premiere)
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
Orchestre de Paris
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Stefan Dohr, horn
Musikfest Berlin 2025
Luciano Berio: Requies
Salonen: Horn Concerto (German premiere)
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
Orchestre de Paris
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Stefan Dohr, horn
Strauss: Don Juan
Salonen: Horn Concerto
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
Orchestre de Paris
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Stefan Dohr, horn
Streich: Flügel
Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4, "Romantic"
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Asmik Grigorian, soprano
Boulez: Selections from Notations
Debussy: “Gigues” and “Rondes de Printemps,” from Images
Debussy: Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra
Debussy: La mer
New York Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Boulez: Selections from Notations
Debussy: “Gigues” and “Rondes de Printemps,” from Images
Debussy: Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra
Debussy: La mer
New York Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Boulez: Selections from Notations
Debussy: “Gigues” and “Rondes de Printemps,” from Images
Debussy: Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra
Debussy: La mer
New York Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Stravinsky: Octet
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Boulez: Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna for Orchestra in Eight Groups (New York Premiere of production co-commissioned with l’Orchestre de Paris and the Los Angeles Philharmonic)
New York Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Benjamin Millepied, choreographer
L.A. Dance Project
Stravinsky: Octet
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Boulez: Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna for Orchestra in Eight Groups
New York Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Benjamin Millepied, choreographer
L.A. Dance Project
Stravinsky: Octet
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Boulez: Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna for Orchestra in Eight Groups
New York Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Benjamin Millepied, choreographer
L.A. Dance Project
Mozart: Sinfonia concertante, for winds and orchestra
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4, “Romantic”
Philadelphia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Mozart: Sinfonia concertante, for winds and orchestra
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4, “Romantic”
Philadelphia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Mozart: Sinfonia concertante, for winds and orchestra
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4, “Romantic”
Philadelphia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2
Wagner: Prélude et Liebestod
Scriabin: Poème de l'extase
Orchestre de Paris
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Yuja Wang, piano
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2
Wagner: Prélude et Liebestod
Scriabin: Poème de l'extase
Orchestre de Paris
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Yuja Wang, piano
Ligeti: Requiem
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4
Orchestre de Paris
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Chœur de l'Orchestre de Paris
Jennifer France, soprano
Virpi Räisänen, mezzo-soprano
Richard Wilberforce, choirmaster
Ligeti: Requiem
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4
Orchestre de Paris
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Chœur de l'Orchestre de Paris
Jennifer France, soprano
Virpi Räisänen, mezzo-soprano
Richard Wilberforce, choirmaster
Salonen: Tiu (Swedish premiere)
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1
Salonen: Dona Nobis Pacem
Ligeti: Requiem
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Janine Jansen, violin
Swedish Radio Choir
Eric Ericson Chamber Choir
Jennifer France, soprano
Malena Ernman, mezzo-soprano
Salonen: Tiu
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1
Salonen: Dona Nobis Pacem
Ligeti: Requiem
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Janine Jansen, violin
Swedish Radio Choir
Eric Ericson Chamber Choir
Jennifer France, soprano
Malena Ernman, mezzo-soprano
Smith: Violin Concerto (LA Phil Commission; World Premiere)
Debussy: La Damoiselle élue
Scriabin: Prometheus
Los Angeles Philharominc
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Pekka Kuusisto, violin
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Liv Redpath, soprano
Jingjing Xu, mezzo-soprano
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Smith: Violin Concerto
Debussy: La Damoiselle élue
Scriabin: Prometheus
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Pekka Kuusisto, violin
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Liv Redpath, soprano
Jingjing Xu, mezzo-soprano
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Smith: Violin Concerto
Debussy: La Damoiselle élue
Scriabin: Prometheus
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Pekka Kuusisto, violin
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Liv Redpath, soprano
Jingjing Xu, mezzo-soprano
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Busoni: Piano Concerto
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Igor Levit, piano
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Busoni: Piano Concerto
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Igor Levit, piano
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4, “Romantic”
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, piano
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4, “Romantic”
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, piano
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4, “Romantic”
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, piano
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4, “Romantic”
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, piano
Debussy: Images
Smith: “Lost Coast,” concerto for cello and orchestra
Debussy: La mer
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Gabriel Cabezas, cello
Debussy: Images
Smith: “Lost Coast,” concerto for cello and orchestra
Debussy: La mer
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Gabriel Cabezas, cello
Debussy: Images
Smith: “Lost Coast,” concerto for cello and orchestra
Debussy: La mer
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Gabriel Cabezas, cello
Salonen: Horn Concerto (US premiere; BSO co-commission)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4, “Romantic”
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Stefan Dohr, horn
Salonen: Horn Concerto (BSO co-commission)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4, “Romantic”
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Stefan Dohr, horn
Salonen: Horn Concerto (BSO co-commission)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4, “Romantic”
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Stefan Dohr, horn
Salonen: Horn Concerto
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
Filarmonica della Scala
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Stefan Dohr, horn
Salonen: Horn Concerto
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
Filarmonica della Scala
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Stefan Dohr, horn
Salonen: Horn Concerto
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
Filarmonica della Scala
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Stefan Dohr, horn
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
Rautavaara: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 45
Ravel: Concerto for the Left Hand
Debussy: La mer
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Yuja Wang, piano
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
Rautavaara: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 45
Ravel: Concerto for the Left Hand
Debussy: La mer
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Yuja Wang, piano
Debussy: Prélude à l'Après-midi d'un faune
Salonen: Horn Concerto (French premiere)
Sibelius: La fille de Pohjola
Debussy: La mer
Orchestre de Paris
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Stefan Dohr, horn
Debussy: Prélude à l'Après-midi d'un faune
Salonen: Horn Concerto
Sibelius: La fille de Pohjola
Debussy: La mer
Orchestre de Paris
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Stefan Dohr, horn
Strauss: Don Juan
Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
Orchestre de Paris
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Renaud Capuçon, violin
Strauss: Don Juan
Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
Orchestre de Paris
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Renaud Capuçon, violin
Strauss: Don Juan
Salonen: Horn Concerto (Asia Premiere, HK Phil Co-commission)
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Stefan Dohr, horn
Strauss: Don Juan
Salonen: Horn Concerto
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Stefan Dohr, horn
Messiaen: Turangalîla
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Bertrand Chamayou, piano
Cécile Lartigau, ondes martenot
Messiaen: Turangalîla
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Bertrand Chamayou, piano
Cécile Lartigau, ondes martenot
Wagner: Vorspiel & Liebestod
Salonen: Sinfonia Concertante
Scriabin: Poème de l’extase
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Olivier Latry, organ
Wagner: Vorspiel & Liebestod
Salonen: Sinfonia Concertante
Scriabin: Poème de l’extase
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Olivier Latry, organ
Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique op. 14
Vienna Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Christoph Waltz, speaker
Allan Clayton, Oedipus
Marina Viotti, Jocasta
Michael Volle, Creon/Messenger
Albert Dohmen, Tiresias
Antonin Rondepierre, Shepherd
Wiener Singverein
Johannes Prinz, Chorus Master
“One Morning Turns Into an Eternity”
Schoenberg: Erwartung
Webern: Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 10
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde, 6. “Der Abschied”
Vienna Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Peter Sellars, director
Ausrine Stundyte (Erwartung)
Fleur Barron (“Der Abschied”)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”
New York Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Alexandre Kantorow, piano
Ravel: Mother Goose Suite
Debussy: La Mer
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
New York Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Ravel: Mother Goose Suite
Debussy: La Mer
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
New York Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”
New York Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Krystian Zimerman, piano
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”
New York Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Krystian Zimerman, piano
Mahler: Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Heidi Stober, soprano
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
San Francisco Symphony Chorus
Jenny Wong, director
Mahler: Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Heidi Stober, soprano
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
San Francisco Symphony Chorus
Jenny Wong, director
Mahler: Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Heidi Stober, soprano
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
San Francisco Symphony Chorus
Jenny Wong, director
Strauss: Don Juan
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
Gabriella Smith: New Work (SF Symphony Commission)
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Strauss: Don Juan
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
Gabriella Smith: New Work (SF Symphony Commission)
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Strauss: Don Juan
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
Gabriella Smith: New Work (World Premiere, SF Symphony Commission)
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violin
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violin
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violin
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violin
Lindberg: Chorale
Berg: Violin Concerto
Stravinsky: The Firebird (complete)
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Isabelle Faust, violin
Lindberg: Chorale
Berg: Violin Concerto
Stravinsky: The Firebird (complete)
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Isabelle Faust, violin
Lindberg: Chorale (First SF Symphony Performance)
Berg: Violin Concerto
Stravinsky: The Firebird (complete)
San Francisco Symphony
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Isabelle Faust, violin
Boulez: Notations IV, for solo piano
Boulez: Notations IV, for orchestra
Boulez: Notations VII, for solo piano
Boulez: Notations VII, for orchestra
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3
Debussy: La mer
Boulez: Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Boulez: Notations IV, for solo piano
Boulez: Notations IV, for orchestra
Boulez: Notations VII, for solo piano
Boulez: Notations VII, for orchestra
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3
Debussy: La mer
Boulez: Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Boulez: Notations IV, for solo piano
Boulez: Notations IV, for orchestra
Boulez: Notations VII, for solo piano
Boulez: Notations VII, for orchestra
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3
Debussy: La mer
Boulez: Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Dessner: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Pekka Kuusisto, violin
Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Dessner: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Pekka Kuusisto, violin
Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Dessner: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Pekka Kuusisto, violin
Salzburg Easter Festival 2025
Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Cast
Vitalij Kowaljow, Prince Ivan Khovansky
Thomas Atkins, Andrei Khovansky
Matthew White, Prince Vasily Golizyn
Daniel Okulitch, Shaklovity
Ain Anger, Dosifei
Nadezhda Karyazina, Marfa
Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Clerk
Natalia Tanasii, Emma
Rupert Grössinger, Varsonofyev
Allison Cook, Susanna
Theo Lebow, Kuska
Daniel Fussek, Streschnew
Salzburg Easter Festival 2025
Mahler: Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Julie Roset, soprano
Jasmin White, alto
Salzburg Easter Festival 2025
Salonen: Cello Concerto
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Senja Rummukainen, cello